Cotton-seed planter



(No Model) B. D. & J. B. KING.

GOTI'ON SEED PLANTER. No. 380,723. Patentgd Apr. 10, 1888.

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UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

BENJAMIN D. KING AND JEFFERSON B. KING, OF B-ALDVVYN, MISSISSIPPI.

COTTON-SEED PLANTER.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 380,723, dated April 10,1888.

Application filed December 21, 1857. Serial No. 258,615. (No model.)

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that we, BENJAMIN D. KING and JEFFERSON B. KING, citizens of the United States, residing at Baldwyn, in the county of Lee and State of Mississippi, have invented a new and useful Improvement in Cotton-Seed Planters, of which the following is a specification.

The invention relates to improvements in cottonseed planters; and it consists in the construction and novel combination of parts here inafter described, illustrated in the drawings, and pointed out in the appended claim.

In the accompanying drawings, Figure 1 is a side view of a cotton-planter embodying the invention. Fig. 2 is a central vertical longitudinal section of the same. Fig. 3 is a rear view of the machine. Fig. at is a detail view to show the spring-scrapers H.

Referring to the drawings by letter, A designates the main frame of the machine,of general rectangular form, and having the axle a,

upon which are fixed the conveying-wheels journaled in bearings secured to its side rails at suitable points.

B is the hopper,having the rounded bottom I) concentric with the axle which passes through the hopper, thesaid bottom being provided with the central longitudinal seed-opening, b.

O O are transverse curved strips secured to the outside of the bottom 21, concentric therewith and immediately in front and rear of the seed-opening; and D is a sliding door with its ends moving between the bottom and said strips, which act as ways therefor.

d is a depending ing on the door D, having through it a tapped opening engaged by an adjusting-screw,d, which passes through an opening in an arm, 0?, depending from one side of the hopper. By means of the said screws and ing at the door may be adjusted to more or less cover the seed-opening and thus regulate the planting.

E E are the handles,having their front ends secured to the side rails of the main frame and boltedat proper points to standards 6, rising from the rear end of said rails.

F isa furrow-opener,the shankf of which is construction attached to said frontward projection.

G is the furrow-wheel, having its periphery beveled from each side inwardly to a central 5 meeting edge, 9, and with its shaft journaled in the side rails of the main framein front of the hopper. The said wheel runs in the furrow formed by the opener F.

H H are spring scraper'blades attached at their rear ends to the lower surfaces of the corresponding side rails of the main frame, and extending thence forward and inward to the corresponding side of the furrow-wheel.

Each scraper-blade has on its rear edge, adjacenttoits end,adownwardly-beveledscraperedge, h,which fits closely over the corresponding bevel of the edge of the furrow-wheel, so that when said wheel is rotated forward the mud or dirt rising rearward with it is removed by the scraper-edges.

Iisthe coverer-bar at the rear end of the inachine',whieh bar has its lower beveled coveringedge i made concave,as shown,for the purpose of driving the earth or soil inward from both sides well over the furrow. t" is a hook rising centrally from the coverer-loar,and serving a purpose hereinafter explained.

J J are leaf-springs,having their front ends firmly secured to blocks j,secured to the under surfaces of the side rails of the main frame, extending thence rearward past the end of the main frame, and having their rear portions curved downwardly and their ends firmly secured to the corresponding ends of the covererbar. By means of the springs the coverer-bar will rise over stones and inequalities of the ground, and will not run the risk of being broken thereby, while doing their work effectively.

K K are eyebolts having Very long shanks and broad eyes k is, through which the corresponding leaf-springs pass, theshanks passing through suitably-situated openings in the side rails of the main frame, and engaging the ad- 5 justing-nuts k 10 respectively, above and below the same.

L is a transverse barhaving its ends secured at opposite points in the standards e, that support the handles, and depending from said I00 bar is the chain M,having on its lower end the ring m'to engage the hook z.

By means of the eyebolts K, adjusting-nuts k k and springs J the coverer-bar can be adjusted up or down, so as to bearwith more or less force on the soil when necessary or desirable, and by means of the said'chain, ring, and hook the coverer-bar can be held up so as not to touch the soil when moving to or from the field. i

The chain M is made short enough to pulland hold the coverer-bar upward after it has been adjusted to its highest point by the eyebolts and nuts.

Having thus described our invention, we claim Theimproved cotton-seed planter herein described and shown, comprising the main frame A and suitable carrying-wheels therefor, the furrow-opener F, adjustably mounted in the front end of the main frame,the furrow-wheel G, journaled in the main frame in rear of the furrow-opener and in advance of the carryingwheels, and having a double-beveled periphery, the scrapers H, secured at their rear ends to the main frame, and provided at their front ends with the beveled portions h, bearing on the upper portion of the periphery of the furrow-wheel,the hopper B, mounted in the main frame in rear of the furrow-wheel,and having an adjustable sliding door, D, in its bottom, the springs J, secured to the main frame and extending rearward and downward therefrom, the coverer-bar I,secured to the free ends of said springs, the eyebolts K, adjustably mounted in the main frame and engaging said springs, and the chain M, secured to the coverenbar and to a cross-bar, L, above the main frame, substantially as specified.

In testimony that we claim the foregoing as our own we have hereto affixed our signatures in presence of two witnesses.

BENJAMIN D. KING. JEFFERSON B. KING.

Witnesses:

T. K. STRIOKLAND, T. J. HOUSTON. 

